Marking device



April 8, 1930. H. E. EDWARDS 1,753,884

MARKING DEVICE Filed March 12, 192 2 Sheets-Sheet l T71 '06 17%67 @mm 2 W M btio 7 776!) April 1930- H. E. EDWARDS I 1,753,884

' MARKING DEVICE I Filed March 12, 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 n r x wi l?) 1 776g Patented Apr. 8, 1930 I UNI ED STATES PATENT OFFICE manner E. EDWARDS, oi isnooxnmn, MASSACHUSETTS, Assrenon. r0 '1'. J. EDWARDS,

INCORPORATED, 0F BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION OF MASSACHU-- SETTS Application filed March 12,

' are provided with fancy stitching for decorativ'e purposes. In order to approach uniformity in the location of the fancy stitching and in the duplication of the design thereof attempts have been made heretofore to reproduce the linesof the fancy stitch design on the upper blank, such as the vamp or quarter, so that the reproduced design could be used to guide the operative in presenting the blank to the sewing machine which per-- formed the fancystitching operation. To this'end a plate, having'the same size and width as the blank to-bemarked, wascut-out \to form a stencil of the fancy stitch design. By superimposing the plate on the blank the operative could reproduce roughly the fancy stitch v design on the blank by marking through the stencil portion of'the plate with pencil or chalk.

In any stencil, and particularly in a stencil fora fancy stitch design where the'lines often intersect, it is impossible to make thecut-out' portion continuous" as supporting bars mustbe left in'the plate. across the path of the stencil to maintain it intact. Consequently, with the stencil method,.the fancy stitch design is reproduced on the .upper blank in a series of. separated lines. The stencil method of hand-marking upper .blanks thus failed to produce apositive continuous guideline i on the blank. This failure of the stencil methed 'toproduce' aucontinuous legible guiding --uppers are center graded. The stencil meth- 0d of reproducing the fancy stitch designon MARKING n'nvIcE 1927. Serial No. 174,739.

upper blanks could not take advantage of center grading so that one stencil plate could be used to make all sizes and widths of each style because thepl-ate for each Stencil had to have the same size and width as the particular blank being marked in order to insure the proper location of the fancy stitch design on t e blank. The stencil method, therefore, required they use of adifferent stencil for each size and width of a style. Moreover, carelessness in superimposing thestencil on the upper blank caused variations in the location of the fancy stitching on the made up-v per. This often resulted in considerable damage as these variations werehard to discover until the shoe was finished. Experience the, indentations close up or disappear so that they may not be discerned at'the time of the subsequent operation. Moreover, owing to theglossiness of the leather, the reflection of light therefrom makes the perceptible. 0

The object ofthe present lnventlon 1s to produce a marking device by which a guide line, such for instance as a fancy-stitch design, maybemarked on a shoe upper blank in a rapid, reliable and leglble manner.

To the accomplishment of th s ob]ect, and such others as may hereinafter appear, the features of the invention relate to certain devices, combinations and arrangements of parts hereinafter described and then set forth broadly and in detail in the appended claims which possess advantages which will" beapparent to those skilled in the art.- 7

f indentations lm- The various features of the present invention will be readily understood from an inspection of the accompanying drawings illustrating the best form of the invention at present known to the inventor, in which,

Figure 1 is a view in plan of a vamp having the fancy stitch design \marked thereon by the marking device of the present invention,

Fig. 2 is a view in underside plan of the member for marking the fancy stitch design illustrated in Fig. 1,

Fig. 3 is a view in plan of a'vamp having the fancy stitch design hand-marked thereon in accordance with the stencil method of marking,

Fig. 4 is a view in plan of a m'arking device, and

Fig. 5 is a "iew in sectional elevation on the line 55, Fig. 4.

Referring first to Fig. 3, heretofore in preparing a vamp 6 for the fancy stitching operation the fancy stitch design 7 was handmarked on the vamp 6 by means of a stencil (not shown) formed in a plate having the same size and width as the vamp 6. Fig. 3 shows gaps 8 throughout the line of the fancy stitch design 7 These gaps 8 must necessarily be produced in the design 7 through the use of a stencil owing to the supporting bars, integral with the stencil plate, which extend across the path of the stencil. These gaps 8 are suiiicient to cause the operative of the fancy stitching machine considerable trouble in maintaining the point of operation of the fancy stitching instrumentalities on the line of the design 7. This is particularly true when the color of the material which marked the design 7 on the vamp 6 made little or no contrast with the color of the leather in the vamp 6 or when the light engaged the mark ings of the design 7 in an unfavorable manner. Experience has demonstrated that irregularities in the fancy stitching and variations from the fancy stitch design were of frequent occurrence when the operative of the fancy stitching machine endeavored to use the interrupted line of the design 7 as a guide for the location of the fancy stitching. Moreover, the hand-method of stencil marking Was extremely slow particularly as care was required in superimposing the plate on the vamp 6 to insure the proper location of the design 7 thereon.

In order to obtain a legible line on the fancy stitch design in a rapid and reliable manner the fancy stitch design is transferred to a brass pattern, marking or printing member 9 (Fig. 2). The printing member 9 comprises a continuous edge 10, having the same configuration as the line of the fancy stitch design, projecting from a flange 11 which is secured to a wooden block 12. The-edge 10 is inked and then the inked edge is engaged with the vamp 13 (Fig. 1) thus printing a continuous legible line 14 on the vamp in exact accordance with the fancy stitch design In order that the edge 10 may be inked and then engaged with a succession of Vamps 13 in a rapid and accurate manner the block 12 is provided with a pair of spring clamps 15(only one'of which is shown in Fig. 5) so that the block 12 may be readily attached to the cross-head 16 of a marking device, (Figs. 4 and 5). The cross-head 16 has opposite ends 17 and 18 by means of which the cross-head 16 is loosely hung on a horizontal rod 19 carried by a yoke 20 journaled at 21 and 22 on the frame 23 of the device. The yoke 20 is provided with a handle 24: by means of which the yoke 20 may be swung on the frame 23 to transfer the printing memher 9 from the dotted line position of Fig. 5 to the full line position thereof. To provide a parallel motion for the printing memher 9 during its travel the ends 17 and 18 are pivoted, respectively, to a pair of links 25 which in turn are pivoted to the frame 23.

\Vhen the printing member 9 is swung into the dotted line position of Fig. 5 it engages an inking pad 26 supported by the frame 23. \Vhen the printing member 9 is swung into the full line position of Fig. 5 it engages the vamp 13 and deposits thereon the ink received from the pad 26 to reproduce the design of the edge 1Q, To this end the frame 23 carries a'horizontal table 27 having a rubber bed 28. The table and bed support a sheet of cardboard 29 constituting a pattern and having a cut-out portion 30. This cutout portion forms a wall shaped to engage the peripheralaedge of the blank. The positioning wall for the vamp, instead of being formed by the depression 30, may be built up on the surface of the cardboard. The sheet of cardboard is provided with two holes 31 arranged to engage two pins 32 projecting from a block 33 adjustably mounted to travel in a slot 34 on the table. To this end the table 27 carries a screw 35, threaded into the block 33, and provided with a milled head 36.

,The block 12 is provided with a notch 37 (Fig. 4 to facilitate the positioning of the block in the centerline of the cross-head 16 which coincides with the center line of the device. The vamp 13 is arranged'in the cutout portion 30 so that the center line of the vamp is also positioned in the center line of the machine. The vamp 13 illustrated in Fig. 4 is the largest vamp of the style which the pattern 29 is designed to guide. As the vamp 13 is one of a series of center graded Vamps this means that if the printing member 9 is provided with a fancy stitch design 14 suitable for the requirements of a vamp of the largest size and width it will also print the same fancy stitch design 1+1 on a vamp of the smallest size and width of the same style because the center lines of the vamp 13 and the printing member 9 are arranged in the same vertical plane. With this construction the wall on the pattern 29 engages at least the throat edge of each of the vamps 13 of the same style notwithstanding variations in their sizes or widths. The block 12, constituting the marking pattern, and the sheet of cardboard 29, constituting the guiding pattern for receiving the part-s to be marked, are readily removable as units from'the movable member 16 and the base member 27, respec tively. I

The pad 26 is inked with an ink which is colored to make the printed design contrast with the color of the blank. For patent leathers and for most of the colored leathers a white ink is used. As the ink is soluble in water any excess thereof can be readily removed during the treeing operation on the finished shoe. By inking I mean the depositing of material upon the surface of the upper blank, preferably, in contrast to the color of the blank.

With the machine of the present invention the fancy stitch design is printed on the shoe upper blanks in a rapid, accurate and legible manner. The ink, with which the fancy stitch design is printed. is colored to show the design on the blank in a striking manner. With the design printed on the blank in a continuous legible line the operative of the fancy stitching machine has no difficulty in shifting the blank to maintain the point of operation of the fancy stitching instrumentalities on the line of the fancy stitch design throughout its length notwithstanding the character of the abrupt changes thereof.

While the marking device of the present invention is designed primarily to print a fancy stitch design on a shoe upper blank it will be apparent that the printing member niav be shaped to print a continuous line to indicate the lap of one upper blank over an adjacent blank or the location of an overlay ing utility rather than ornament.

What is claimed as new, is: l

1. A marking device having, in combination, means for supporting an upper blank, and means correlated therewith for inking a legible fancy stitch guide line on the sup ported blank.

2. A marking device having, in combination, means for supporting an upper blank, and correlated means for inking a continuous lined'fancy stitch design on the supported blank.

3. A'marking device having, in combinaon the blank or the position of stitching havtion, means for supporting an upper blank comprising awall shaped to engage the peripheral edge of the blank, a printing member having a surface shaped to print a fancy stitchdesign on the supported blank, an ink pad, and means for moving the member from a position where it engages the ink pad to a position where it engages the supported blank.

4. A marking device having, in combination, means for supporting a center graded upper blank in the center line of the device, and a printing member, having a surface shaped to print a fancy stitch design on the supported blank, mounted with its center line in the center line of the device.

5. A marking device having, in combination, means for supporting a center graded upper blank comprising a wall shaped to engage the peripheral edge of the blank, and means for inking a fancy stitch design on the supported blank.

6. A marking device having, in combination, means for supporting an upper blank comprising a sheet having a cut-out portion therein forming a wall shaped to engage the peripheral edge of the blank, and means for printing a fancy stitch design on the supported blank.

7. A marking device having, in combination, means for supporting an upper blank, and correlated means for inking a legible continuous line on the supported blank for use as a guide in .the subsequent fancy-stitching operation.

8. A marking device having, in combination, means for supporting a center graded upper blank, a printing member having a surface shaped to print a fancy-stitch design on the supported blank, and means for supporting the printing meniber with its center the upper blank.

9. A marking device for shoe parts and the like, comprising a base member, a member movable relatively thereto and engageable therewith, a guide pattern on said base for receiving the parts to be marked, and a marking pattern on said movable member carrying means for marking said parts while on said guide pattern, said patterns being readily removable as units from said members.

10. A marking device comprising two members, one adapted to close upon the other, and removable patterns in said members, one of said patterns guiding the parts to be marked and theother carrying marking said base for receiving the shoe part to be marked, a head member, a marking pattern on said head member carrying means for marking said shoe part while on sa1d guide and means for moving the head member from a position where the marking pattern engages the ink pad to a position Where the marking pattern engages the said shoe part, said patterns being readily removable as units from said members,

13. A marking device having, in combination. means for supporting a vamp to be marked, said means comprising a pattern shaped to engage the peripheral throat edge of the vamp, a source of marking substance supply, a die for making impressions on the vamp to indicate the outline of a subsequent operation, and means for moving the die from a position where it receives the marking substance from the supply to a position pattern,

where it presses upon the vamp to be marked and makes an impression thereon with the marking substance to indicate the outline for a subsequent operation.

14. 'A marking device having, in combination, means for supporting a vamp comprising a Wall shaped to engage the peripheral throat edge of the vamp, aprinting member having 'a surface shaped to print a fancy stitch design on the supported vamp, an ink pad, and means for moving the member from a position where it engages the ink pad to a position where it engages the supported vamp.

15. A marking device having, in combination, means for supporting a vamp comprlsing a removable pattern having guide means thereon shaped to engage the peripheral throat edge of the vamp, means for inking a fancy stitch design upon the supported vamp comprising a markmg member having an edge continuous throughout its length, and means for moving the member from a position where it engages the ink pad to a position where it engages the supported vamp.

- said last named pattern being means for marking said parts on said gmde 16. A marking device the like, comprising a base member provided with a removable pattern having guide means thereon for receiving said parts, a swinging member hinged to said base member and likewise having a removable pattern, provided with pattern.

17'. A marking device for shoe parts and the like, comprising a base member, a mem ber movable relatively thereto, a guide pattern on saidbase member for receiving the parts to be marked, said' pattern comprislng a card provided with guide means and removably secured to said base member, and a marking pattern removably secured to said movable member and provided with means for line marking the parts.

18. In a marking device, the combination with a base. member and a member movable relatively thereto, of a removable pattern in each of said members, one of said patterns guiding an upper blank to be marked and for shoe parts and i 

